Today, YouTube is introducing Super Chat, a way for YouTube viewers to pay an amount of money to ensure their messages in a livestream are viewed by the streamer.

With Super Chat, say one of your favorite YouTubers is hosting a livestream, complete with a chat. Typically, the chat section on a YouTube stream can be filled with many messages, and instead of your message getting overlooked by the stream, you can pay to have your chat pinned and highlighted, ensuring the YouTuber sees your...